AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 12, 14 July 1896, Page 2

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(Per Press Association). Townsville July 13. Nine business houses have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £10,000. Sydney, July 13. Tbe Siren, which was run down by a warsbip on the voyage from here to London, took a valuable cargo, which was insured locally for £75,000. Arrived — Talune from Wellington. The delegates' board recommended the acceptance of the coal owners' terms. The lodges ballot to day. The Hannah Nicholson bound from Kaipara to Adelaide, put in here in a leaky condition. She encountered heavy gales in crossing tbe Tasman sea, and for some days had a perilous time. A part of the deck cargo had to be jettisoned, and the vessel herself was knocked about considerably. The China steamer "Whatnpoa broke her tail shaft off the Heads, and was towed in. Sha has part cargo for New Zealand. Melbourne, This Day. The Mayor's Brunner Fund reached £1200. Mr Perm, Conservator of Forests, attends the timber conference at Wellington. Emily Dibbs, who was sentenced to death on a charge of causing the death ol a woman through performing an illegal operation, hae been commuted to imprisonment for ten years. Hobart, This Day. A verdict of wilful murder was returned against Horsely, husband of the woman who was found murdered neai Derby. Brisbane, This Day The Premier has replied to Mr Chamberlain's enquiries, stating Queensland approves of the appointment of Judge Wiadeyer to .the Judicial Committe oi the Privy Council.